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The impact of science cuts

Simon Royal
Fri 28 Feb 2014, 8:39 PM AEDT

This week GeoScience Australia announced a huge budget black hole into which a number of jobs are likely to fall.It comes on top of Australia's pre-eminent science organization the CSIRO putting in a job freeze affecting some 600 positions. It's more than just a bother to boffins and their bunsen burners.One important South Australian project is already feeling the affects.